Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

"Will you let her go if I agree to your terms?"

Hugo nodded. "Yes, I'll let her go if you agree."

"I'll go sign the agreement upstairs now."

"Why go upstairs? Just print it and bring it here." Hugo sounded a bit rushed and annoyed.

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Richard, pretending not to notice Silas, calmly asked Hugo, "Can we negotiate? Let Pearl go, and I'll give you all my shares in the company."

"How do I know you'll keep your word? What if you don't follow through after I release her?" Hugo was cautious, suspecting they might be planning something.

"Transferring the president's shares isn't straightforward. We need all our family members to vote and decide."

Hugo couldn't care less about it and replied with a cold smile, "That's your problem to figure out."

Silas made his move and aimed

was caught off guard. He was shocked to

Pearl used her elbow to hit Hugo's crotch, a weak spot her

in pain. Seizing the moment, Pearl ran to Richard and felt safe in his embrace. Richard hugged her tightly and was extra careful not to lose her again. He pulled

stepped back, and everyone's attention turned

should repent about

genuine concern, but felt nothing inside. There was no way he could turn

too late for

say sorry to Mobius and Richard,

held onto hope for

talking to him? He doesn't think he did anything wrong," Sean said, convinced

didn't understand

a messed-up way of thinking. Talking to him

the knife and flipping it in his

I was never wrong." He kept smiling, as if